One of the books I am reading right now is called Grace Works. I am learning that I consistently struggle with the temptation to prove myself to other people and to God.

Even Jesus had to deal with insecurity. When Satan tempted Him to prove Himself by doing some tricks on top of a mountain, Jesus felt no need to prove His Divinity. He was comfortable in who His Father had already said He was. His identity was already settled. As a follower of Jesus, the same is true for us…

We are forgiven totally, accepted fully, and capable of living out of our wholeness and not our sickness.